I wish Intermountain would spin their brass-beating AC-12 in HO through 180 degrees and add and subtract the few details that would give me an AC-9
rrinker Alco Models did the BPA-20 passenger sharks in brass. There's an A-B set on eBay right now. The B is a dummy but it has metal wheels so you could put a heck of a sound system in there. --Randy
Alco Models did the BPA-20 passenger sharks in brass. There's an A-B set on eBay right now. The B is a dummy but it has metal wheels so you could put a heck of a sound system in there.
--Randy
Thanks for the reply,Randy. The Alco passenger sharks have a freight nose. Oriental's are accurate (and expensive). I have two sets of those, one red and one dgle. I'd like to see them done in plastic, and all the excuses for not making them ("The freight sharks didn't sell well", "Only one railroad had 'em") Don't cut it with me, after all, they did more than one run of the Centipedes, and what about the T1, New haven jets and FL9 etc. There's a lot of Pennsy fans and modelers out there, and I can't imagine one NOT wanting a BP20.
Dave
Just be glad you don't have to press "2" for English.
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TILX Longitudinal Dump Coal Hoppers in HO.
Mine doesn't move.......it's at the station!!!
Well,
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Pretty much every first gen diesel of the Reading ahs been made by someone - all the F units, RS3s, AS16, GP7, Baldwin switchers, Alco switchers - so I can obtain enough locos.
I do wish someone would do more original scheme cabooses, with more than the single road number Proto 2000 made, so I don't have to renumber them all myself.
And Red Caboose used to have nice regular flatcar kits - the newer RTR release of them they haven't done in Reading.
Maybe an I-10 that's not the old junk Bachmann one - Bowser doesn't make the chassis repalcement any more, and those weren't exactly the best runners either. I could probably fudge it a bit and have one or two in helper service alongside the T1's. Just have to watch the road numbers and not have any that were rebuilt into the T1s.
Could use a rerun of the N Scale Architect's Reading Tower in HO - I need more than one tower on my layout. A watchman shanty for manned crossings, so I don't have to scratchbuild such a thing. And a station other than the old kit for Quakertown, which is somewhat unique.
willy618 wheelers with lights and sound.
Why would you want the articulated lorries to make noise? Unless they were moving, they would just be idling. Maybe the air unloader would cycle every fifteen minutes or so, and the air clutch on the fan could engage every once in a while.
What noises would you want?
oldline1I'd really like to see an F-7A&B
Only if it is offered in SANTA FE red and silver warbonnet paint.
-Kevin
Living the dream.
HO scale 80's 90's Hess gasoline tank trucks and other 18 wheelers with lights and sound.
Theres a gentleman from Germany Peter Rings who produces a resin cab of a 60s International Loadstar.You would have to use another vehicle to complete it
BLI to do the PRR M1, M1a, and M1b in both pre-war and postwar configurations with either the four or six axle tenders, and of course, with or without trainphone antenna array. With diecast boilers like their K4s and L1s models. I'd not mind seeing them do a variant of the K4s with the 130p75 tender that 1361 and others had. I did one using a BLI locomotive and Sunset tender.
Love to see a PRR H21 hopper. The Pennsy had loads of them and though the Bowser model is alright, I'd love it if someone did a model with seperate grab irons, brake lines and all, in loads of different numbers. Pennsy modelers would by them by the case.
Walthers to rerun their 1953 Broadway Limited set, and even do the 1948 rendition with gold leaf lettering.
Alvie
I'd like to see HO scale Amtrak Auto Train Aluminum Vehicle Carriers.
Kato made them in N scale but, like many things, didn't make them in HO.
oldline1 I'd really like to see an F-7A&B, UP Big Boy, UP Challenger, Pennsy K4 Pacific and an N&W J. oldline1
I'd really like to see an F-7A&B, UP Big Boy, UP Challenger, Pennsy K4 Pacific and an N&W J.
oldline1
I'd really like to see engines with smoking whistles, smoking dynamos, moving bells, opening water latches, smoking diesel exhaust, moving cab figures, rotating fan blades, depleting coal loads, flickering fireboxes, steam release smoke, (PRR & NYC) water scoop tender water splash, operating power reverse, operating uncoupling levers/auto opening couplers, etc.
Rather than producing a drivetrain that will actually last.
Charles
PS admittedly, some of those features actually do sound pretty cool lol.
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ATLANTIC CENTRAL oldline1 I'd really like to see an F-7A&B, UP Big Boy, UP Challenger, Pennsy K4 Pacific and an N&W J. oldline1 You're funny..... Just think of all the cool stuff we could have had with all the money that went into tooling those locos by four or five different companies........ And I still think this industry misses a lot of profit with all this duplication...... Sheldon
You're funny.....
Just think of all the cool stuff we could have had with all the money that went into tooling those locos by four or five different companies........
And I still think this industry misses a lot of profit with all this duplication......
Sheldon
Sheldon, You're exactly right. With so many versions of those engines I listed they could have done some of the other desirable engines (and cars). As much as those are popular there are other popular engines that could have been produced. How about a B&O President P-7d or e, N&W M or M-2 4-8-0, Pennsy G5s, E6s, A5s or 2-8-0's, 4-6-0's that would benefit folks with smaller layouts?
Lastspikemike Lakeshore Sub I second the request for a FM H16-66, the true Baby Trainmaster Only 59 prototypes. Not likely. Only a handful of roadnames. The one at Nelson BC painted in old CPR colours never even formed part of the CPR stable. Plus, they look just like a real Trainmaster so if you really want a baby one you can just buy a Trainmaster and say it's just a baby.
Lakeshore Sub
I second the request for a FM H16-66, the true Baby Trainmaster
Only 59 prototypes. Not likely.
Only a handful of roadnames.
The one at Nelson BC painted in old CPR colours never even formed part of the CPR stable.
Plus, they look just like a real Trainmaster so if you really want a baby one you can just buy a Trainmaster and say it's just a baby.
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Bringing the North Woods to South Dakota!
Lakeshore SubI second the request for a FM H16-66, the true Baby Trainmaster
An EMD SW1001 would be nice. There’s one on Shapeways, but from what I’ve seen shapeways models still have a grain to them and the material ages poorly/is brittle.
-Peter. Mantua collector, 3D printing enthusiast, Korail modeler.
What I'd like to see is a bit more variety of HO scale vehicles that would be era appropriate for the 70s. I know there are the Oxford models and a few others but the models they have are a only a few of the prototypes from that era. (I did find a Pacer but it was quite expensive.)
Evening
Bridge gussets plates with the rivets in N scale
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I'm hoping BLI will complete the Brass Hybrid PRR 6-4-4-6. They were putting it on the back burner since they were having a lot of trouble making it work on anything below a 36"(?) radius. I actually did some tests using my Bowser T-1 and gave them a few suggestions on how it could work without compromising the detail too much. Haven't heard back from them on that, but they were kind enough to let me view a couple shots of their 3D model at the time to see if I had some ideas, so they do seem to be open to suggestions from the modelers.
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Since my wishes for the phase 2 and phase 3 Amtrak SDP40Fs in HO came true, I'd like to see phase 2 and 3 Amtrak P30CHs in HO.
Kevin
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Homasote roadbed.
Santa Fe 2-6-2 and 2-8-2 locomotives (we'll see if BLI comes through on the Mikados).
Probably something like it exists already, but I would like a hobby level miter saw which can handle something thicker than what the Micromark Mini-Miter or the Hercules Cut Off or other knock-offs can do (which seems to be 1 inch or less for most - I'd like a 4 in thickness). Full size miters like my Delta, even with a fine blade...not a pretty sight with plastics (I tested with a junk gondola, kept my fingers far away). I like the idea of nice, right angled cuts, and dremel just wanders a bit too much in my hands for that (and we won't even mention "snap saws").Speaking of nice angled cuts, the NWSL True-Sander was a good idea...on paper. Maybe it has been improved in over 15 years, but I had one (briefly), used it a few times until the sanding block wore nasty grooves in the verticle sanding surface = why wasn't this edge made with (hard metal - no scorable aluminum) or maybe very hard non-scorable plastic. Yes, you'd have to pay some more up front, but it wouldn't suck.
I want Floquil paint. I have been getting by on rattle cans and my stash but things could get grim when my stash finally runs out.
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I would like to see decent renditions of the International Loadstar and Fleetstar trucks of the late 60's and early 70's. They were quite common here in the Northeast.
BATMAN NittanyLion Earlier today I found out that CN is doing heritage units, so those. There was a list of what they are doing on one of the FB pages, it was quite long. Algoma Central BC Rail (Red/White/Blue) BC Rail (Two Tone Green) Bessemer & Lake Erie (early Orange/Black) CN Zebra Stripes CN North America Map CN original Central Vermont (Black/Red) Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Duluth, Missabi & Iron Range Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific (Deliver With Pride) Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Illinois Central Gulf (Orange/Charcol Grey) Green Bay and Western (Early Red/White) Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (red/white redbird scheme) Grand Trunk Western Illinois Central Wisconsin Central
NittanyLion Earlier today I found out that CN is doing heritage units, so those.
Earlier today I found out that CN is doing heritage units, so those.
There was a list of what they are doing on one of the FB pages, it was quite long.
I'll get a Bessemer one. Hometown railroad for me. I'm glad they went with the old school Butterknife scheme instead of the MILW looking one.
Lastspikemike Lakeshore Sub I second the request for a FM H16-66, the true Baby Trainmaster Only 59 prototypes. Not likely. Only a handful of roadnames.
Lakeshore Sub I second the request for a FM H16-66, the true Baby Trainmaster
People say this sort of thing, but...Athearn just asked a King's ransom for the SD90MAC-H, that had less than 70 units built.
Seems like locomotives fall into four groups: they built 3 and canceled production; they were never broadly popular and built less than 150; one railroad liked them and there were about 300; and widely popular and there's 3,000 of them.